On this episode: Bravey D defaults bravely; Diablo 3 rises from its grave; we really earn our Explicit iTunes rating digging into Shantae’s vast amounts of DeviantArt horny; we learn that Atelier is good actually; Miku has way too many songs; the Splatoon 2 reveal turns us back into squid kids; the Zelda trailer makes us hope it makes us cry Ghibli tears; and we can’t stop giggling about Super Mario Odyssey’s New Donk City. Your hosts this week are: Jill, Erika, and Diddgery!

On this episode, we run down the second part of our list of games that left the strongest impressions on us in the year gone by, including: Final Fantasy XV, Kirby Planet Robobot, Uncharted 4, No Man’s Sky, Blue Revolver, Pocket Card Jockey, Mystic Messenger, Capsule Silence XXIV, and Pokemon Sun & Moon. Also, we give some shoutouts to games we didn’t have time to get deep into on the show! Your hosts this week are Jill, Erika, Diddgery, and Aubrey.

On this episode, we run down some of the games that left the strongest impressions on us in the year gone by, including: Overwatch, Doom 2016, SUPERHOT, Monster Hunter Generations, Fire Emblem Fates, Hyper Light Drifter, and VA-11 HALL-A. Your hosts this week are Jill, Erika, Diddgery, and Aubrey.

Here at Gals n Pals we’re experimenting with getting into publishing writing in addition to our podcasts, and we’re starting out by reprinting reflections by some of our contributors on the video games of 2016. We’ll also be discussing this topic in-depth on episode 3 of Video Games Are Bad, Actually. For now, here are some thoughts on games that VGABA co-host and resident soft sheepy Diddgery played this year, originally published on Diddgery’s Tumblr. – Jill Katze, Editor in Chief

Here we go again. This was a year with a lot of good moments, and then a bunch of really shitty, awful ones that have me really worried about the future. But at least video games are always here for me! This time around for this list I marked my favorite games with a 🌟. Continue reading Diddgery: Games I Played in 2016→

Hey everyone, this is Jill, editor in chief here at Gals n Pals. We’re gonna be trying something new in 2017 by branching out into posting writing in addition to continuing our existing podcasts and expanding our lineup. We hope this is a big year for us as we grow and try new things! We’re kicking this off with reflections on games that Video Games Are Bad, Actually co-host Diddgery played in 2016 and we’ll be following it up with other contributors’ reflections on the year gone by in the coming days, culminating in an in-depth discussion on the next episode of VGABA. Thanks for your support, and good luck in 2017!

On this episode: catching up on our 2016 backlog with games like VA-11 HALL-A, The Division, and Firewatch, Furby survival horror with Tattletail, Jill’s inexplicable Super Mario Run addiction, and discussion of our feelings on broader reactions to Overwatch’s Tracer being a lesbian and Nier Automata’s 2B being hot. Your hosts this week are: Jill, Erika, and Diddgery!